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ON the question of the uniqueness of the energy-momentum complex in the special and general theory of relativity

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Modification of the Fock method is used to look systematically for the complexes of energy and momentum which are conserved as a consequence of the vacuum field equations of the second order (real and complex scalar field, real vector field, symmetric tensor field of the linearized and non-linear Einstein theory). In contrast to Fock's results for fields described by equations of the first order, the complexes are not defined uniquely. The non-uniquenesses are eliminated by supplementary conditions.

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This paper is based on a diploma thesis worked out at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University.

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Bičák, J. ON the question of the uniqueness of the energy-momentum complex in the special and general theory of relativity. Czech J Phys 15, 81–94 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688504

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